Residents were evacuated from a tower block in Edinburgh after a fire broke out in a stairwell during the night.

The blaze was reported around 10pm on Monday in Citadel Court on Admiralty Street in Leith.

The fire service said six people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, as residents left the 20-floor building.

Around 20 firefighters were called out during the height of the incident.

The fire is thought to have started in a stairwell on the fifth floor and was brought under control by midnight.

A fire service spokeswoman said: "An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way."